International migration and mobility whether from outside the EU or in the form of free
movement by EU citizens are controversial and potentially divisive issues that are and will …

Us and Them? explores the distinction between migrant and citizen through using the
concept of'the community of value'. The community of value is comprised of Good Citizens …

On any given day nearly 3000 foreign national citizens are detained under immigration
powers in UK detention centres alone. Around the world immigrants are routinely detained …

The vast majority of asylum seekers in the UK are not permitted to enter the labour market. In
the absence of the right to work asylum seekers receive welfare support, which amounts to …

Drawing on in‐depth qualitative interviews with irregular migrants in the UK, this article
shows how the condition of 'illegality'permeates migrants' everyday lives, gradually invading …

Winner of the 2014 British Society of Criminology Book Prize This book examines the role of
criminal law in the enforcement of immigration controls over the last two decades in Britain …

Impoverishment and Asylum argues that a shift has taken place in recent decades towards
construing asylum as primarily a political and/or humanitarian phenomenon, to construing it …

Irregular Migration in Europe contributes to our knowledge of the scale and nature of the
much discussed but under-researched phenomenon of irregular migration in Europe, whilst …

This article analyses the recent expansion of immigration offences in Britain. Drawing on
criminal law scholarship, it considers the reasons for relying on the criminal law in …

This contribution critically reviews existing data and other recent sources to provide an
overview of the dimensions and dynamics of contemporary irregular migration. First it …